Ananya struggles to enter U-15 girls final


 

Top seeded Ananya Chande had to fight all the way before she overcame Shravani Loke 3-1 to make the sub-junior girls singles final in the  All India Balkan-Ji-Bari  Dilip Sampat Memorial 5-Star Mumbai Suburban District Table Tennis Championships, which got underway in  their premises at 25, Juhu Road, Santacruz (West)  here today. After winning the closely fought first game over extra points, Ananya lost her rhythm as  Shravsni hit back to take the second. But the top seed came into her own therafter to  clinch the tie 15-13, 5-11, 11-7, 11-6.

 

Results: Sub-jr girls singles (Semifinals): (1)- Ananya Chande bt Shravani Loke 15-13, 5-11, 11-7, 11-6; Hardee Patel bt Sana Desouza 12-10, 11-8, 11-6; (2)-Mukta Dalvi bt Paridhi Potnis 11-5, 11-7, 8-11, 11-7.

 

Cadet girls singles (semifinals): (1)- Urvi Churi bt Aarya Redkar 11-6, 11-8, 11-2; Swara Salgaonkar bt Ishika Punjabi 11-4, 10-Ananyarai bt Sai Mulik 12-10, 11-5, 11-9; (2)-Mrinalin Singh bt Niva Chaugule 11-5, 11-4, 11-3.

Midget girls singles (semifinals): Aarya Redkar bt Saachi Mandhyan 11-9, 8-11, 5-11, 11-9, 11-4; (2)- Niva Chaugule bt Fizzah Altaf 11-9, 11-7, 11-6.

 

Midget boys singles (semifinals):  Zihan Haan Beddingwala bt Parm Bhiwankar 5-11, 11-6, 11-9, 6-11, 11-0; Vovaan Thakkar bt Ishaan Naik 11-9, 11-7, 11-8.